It is impossible to mate a lone King with only King and one minor piece(Bishop or Knight). Even if you force the KIng into a corner the king and minor piece cannot cover the four squares required because while
your own King covers two of the necessary squares,a Bishop can never cover squares of opposite hue, and a Knight cannot cover squares of opposite hue at the same time.
Originally posted by Essex 3It can be done without a corner. It is really
It is impossible to mate a lone King with only King and one minor piece(Bishop or Knight). Even if you force the KIng into a corner the king and minor piece cannot cover the four squares required because while
your own King covers two of the necessary squares,a Bishop can never cover squares of opposite hue, and a Knight cannot cover squares of opposite hue at the same time.
not that hard to figure out. There are only
3 pieces on the board.
Originally posted by bishop 7This is kind of painful.
It can be done without a corner. It is really
not that hard to figure out. There are only
3 pieces on the board.
Oh, I see it now, first you sac the Bishop in order to drive the King into the middle of the board....
Wait, I don't want to give away the ending.
Originally posted by Red Nightare you not the one who said....Never give up, never surrender.
This is kind of painful.
Oh, I see it now, first you sac the Bishop in order to drive the King into the middle of the board....
Wait, I don't want to give away the ending.
He should fight on, he's up material.
Originally posted by bishop 7when you are thinking of the checkmate position, keep in mind that if a: the opponent can move to a square not attacked, b: the opponent is not attacked but simply cant move, c: the opponent can take the attacking piece. then it is not checkmate, also keep in mind that the 2 kings can never be right next to eachother as this puts them in check and you cant move a king into check.
It can be done without a corner. It is really
not that hard to figure out. There are only
3 pieces on the board.
Originally posted by bishop 7Yes there is. It's called stalemate (which is equivalent to a draw).
there is a way to mate if i am patient, I wish
I could show you but the game has not finished.
Imagine this. Pick up the enemy king and your king and place them so that your opponent (I am assuming black) has the fewest number of squares available (aka black king in any of the corners and your king 2 squares in one direction or a knights move away). Since there are no pawns, it doesn't matter which corner, so assume that the black king is on a1 and the white king is on b3. Now the black king has 2 adjacent squares which are safe. Those squares are of differnt color. Being of differnt color there is no way that the bishop can complete the mating net (take away b1) and provide mate at the same time (attack a1). Ergo, there is no way for to win with a bishop and a king vrs a lone king.
Supposing that the enemy king is in such a position as to have no legal moves (i.e. Kb3, Bb2 and enemy king on b1) is called stalemate. As stated above, it is equivalent to a draw so you might as well save yourself the time..
Originally posted by bishop 7Yes I am and I was being facetious. It was sort of a joke based on another thread about whether you should resign.
are you not the one who said....Never give up, never surrender.
He should fight on, he's up material.
Seriously, you can't mate with one Bishop. It can't be done. It is not just a matter of being unable to force mate; you cannot place those three pieces on the board in any way that ends in check mate.
And don't post back and tell me that you can and you wish you could show me. You can't do it, because it can't be done.
Originally posted by Sicilian SmaugPlaying through that game made me despair. Rook + 5 pawns should easily beat Rook + bishop especially in the configurations they were in.
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erm, You cant mate with one Bishop, just accept the draw.